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       <h1 data-trilium-h1>Overview</h1>

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        <p>Node.js allows the creation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server">Web servers</a> and
          networking tools using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript">JavaScript</a> and
          a collection of "modules" that handle various core functionalities.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b3-28">[28]</a> 
          <a
          href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b1-31">[31]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b2-44">[44]</a> 
            <a
            href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b4-45">[45]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b5-46">[46]</a> Modules
              are provided for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system">file system</a> I/O,
              networking (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System">DNS</a>,
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              href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP">HTTP</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol">TCP</a>,
                <a
                href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">TLS/SSL</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol">UDP</a>),
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                  href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_file">binary</a>data (buffers), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography">cryptography</a> functions,
                    <a
                    href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_(computing)">data streams</a>, and other core functions.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b1-31">[31]</a> 
                      <a
                      href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b4-45">[45]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Node.js's
                        modules use an API designed to reduce the complexity of writing server
                        applications.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b1-31">[31]</a> 
                        <a
                        href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#cite_note-b4-45">[45]</a>
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